UB fires salvo over funding discrepancies

UB management has decried discrepancy in funding per student per institution.  They said that the disparities were quite shocking in a meeting held at the institution with a five-person political team yesterday. The group convened at the Council Chambers at the UB administration centre.

Representing three political movements - the Botswana Democratic Party, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) - were BDP secretary general Mpho Balopi, BMD and Gaborone Central Member of Parliament Phenyo Butale, BMD official Hilda Sibisibi, BCP secretary general Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang and his deputy Akanyang Magama.